How to Fail as a Blogger

Everyday we see articles and posts written on how to become a successful blogger or how to jump start your success with a blog. The matter of the fact is that not all bloggers are successful in what they do. I thought about it and think that there should be articles written on how to fail as a blogger too. I took the liberty to do so and wrote you a article with tips on how to fail as a blogger.

Blogging has taken the world by storm, everybody wants to have their own blogs. The reason for that is that it’s really easy to get your hands on your own blog and write about your life and hope to become famous one day. I bet everybody wishes it was that easy to pull it off. I can guarantee you it ain’t easy to become noticed on the Internet, simply because it’s so big and there are thousands out their that are trying to accomplish the same thing you are. Coming back to the topic at hand, I am going to show you how to Fail as a Blogger by giving you some tips. Let’s get started then won’t we.

1. Procrastination

Procrastination is something I can surely say is from the devil. For those that don’t know what Procrastination is here is a definition: The act of procrastinating; putting off or delaying or deferring an action to a later time. Looking at that, a way that a lot of Bloggers Procrastinate is by moving up tasks such as writing Articles, Reviews, Tutorials etc. If you can overcome procrastination you will already be ahead of a lot of people in the blogging world.

2. Commitment

Being committed to something is also a thing that thousands and thousands of people struggle with. Why start a blog if you can’t even be committed to feeding your dog or mowing your lawn? It’s a really simple trait some of you might say but, this sits at the core of every blogging failure. I would recommend vowing commitment as you vowed on your wedding day or when you appeared in court “If you have.” Being committed is something you have to get behind your name, Clients love to work with committed people.

3. Overloading Articles with Information

This is another serious mistake a lot of new or current bloggers make. Overloading articles with information isn’t just boring to read its a waste of time for the writer. Answer this for me, “Would you rather read a short post that is straight to the point or a long post that runs circles to get to the point?” I can bet you most of you answered “Short Post” so why overload people with information if you don’t like reading long articles yourself? Remember content is key in any blogging situation so write your posts short and straight to the point, don’t stretch things where it ain’t necessary.

4. Traffic

Your blog doesn’t get as many hits/visits as mashable so why do I have to write quality content? Just because your blog doesn’t get a lot of visitors at the moment doesn’t mean you can drop your standards on your article qualities. If you have a great archive with useful/helpful articles your blog will get noticed sometime soon and you will see a influx of new readers and supporters. Keep writing great content even if you don’t get a lot of visitors at the moment.

5. I don’t make any Money

I know most people out their are blogging because they love it and because they can generate a income from it. To tell you the truth their are thousands of people that do blog and don’t receive any money at all. New bloggers tend to drive their blog into the ground due to them writing hundreds of articles and not receiving a dime for any of it. Their are a lot of ways to generate money off of your blog or other blogs in fact. If you don’t make money off your blog at the moment why not write some guest articles for other blogs, that way its a win, win situation.

6. Lack of Consistency

A major problem for new bloggers or any blogger is consistency. Without constantly posting new articles your blog won’t be going anywhere anytime soon. I know most bloggers have day jobs from 8 till 5 and then they don’t have much time at night to post new things but, who said blogging is going to be easy? Stop Procrastinating and write some decent content. Don’t get caught in the cycle of not updating your blog regularly it becomes a habit after a while and isn’t easily gotten rid of.

7. Thinking Short Term

Last but not least a life lesson all of us have to learn at some point in life. Thinking Short Term ain’t going to get you anywhere, you will most likely end up on the street or stay poor for the rest of your life. You have think long term, it’s the only way you are going to be able to survive and become successful in anything you do.

That concludes my tips on how to fail as a blogger. Hope you quickly confront your situation and turn it around. Blogging is definitely one of the ways forward in life. Thanks for reading.

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